Jimmy Wales

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Internet entrepreneur Wikimedia movement activist businessperson human

Jimmy Wales is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

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Jimmy Donal Wales 1

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instanceOf Internet entrepreneur ⓘ
Wikimedia movement activist ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize ⓘ
Quadriga award ⓘ
Time 100 Most Influential People ⓘ
surface form: Time 100 list of most influential people (2006)

UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal ⓘ
birthName Jimmy Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jimmy Donal Wales
coFounded Fandom ⓘ
Wikia ⓘ
Wikimedia Foundation ⓘ
Wikipedia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1966-08-07 ⓘ
educatedAt Auburn University ⓘ
University of Alabama ⓘ
familyName Wales ⓘ
fieldOfWork free knowledge ⓘ
online communities ⓘ
open content ⓘ
founded Bomis ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Jim ⓘ
surface form: Jimmy
hasRole Wikipedia co-founder ⓘ
Wikipedia community figurehead ⓘ
hasWebsite https://jimmywales.com/ ⓘ
knownFor co-founding Wikimedia Foundation ⓘ
co-founding Wikipedia ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
movement free culture movement ⓘ
free culture movement ⓘ
surface form: open access movement
name Jimmy Wales self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Wikipedia ⓘ
occupation Internet entrepreneur ⓘ
board member ⓘ
business executive ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
speaker ⓘ
placeOfBirth Huntsville, Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Huntsville, Alabama, United States
positionHeld Board member of Wikia ⓘ
Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees ⓘ
Member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees ⓘ
religion agnosticism ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London, United Kingdom
spouse Kate Garvey ⓘ

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Jimmy Wales → birthName → Jimmy Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jimmy Donal Wales
Bomis → coFounder → Jimmy Wales ⓘ
Bomis → foundedBy → Jimmy Wales ⓘ
Wikia → foundedBy → Jimmy Wales ⓘ
Wikimedia Foundation → foundedBy → Jimmy Wales ⓘ
Wikipedia → founder → Jimmy Wales ⓘ
Bomis → hasEmployee → Jimmy Wales ⓘ
Bomis → hasKeyPerson → Jimmy Wales ⓘ
Jimmy Wales → name → Jimmy Wales self-link ⓘ